Ornamenting glass



No. 625,464. Paentsfi i fiay 23, 58953. T. PHSTER. OBIIAQENTINQ GLASS.

(Application filed June 1, 1898.) (No Model.)

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'lillCOPllll'l PlFlS'lER, 0F CHICAGO, ILlllNOIS.

OFii*-lAlt'i ENTlNG GLASS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,464, dated May 23,1899. Application filCdJllTlQ 1, 1898. Serial No. 682,265. (H0 model.)

To (all whon'z, it may concern:

lo it known that I, 'lunornin Pris'rnn, a citizen oi the United States,residing; at Chi cage, in the county oi Cool; and State of lilinois,have invented an Improvement in Ornament-lug Glass, of which thefollowing is a specification.

ilollow articles, such as letters, usually of metal, have been caused toadhere to the surface of glass, and solid letters and other an ticles ofan ornamental character have been applied both to the outer and the innor surfaces of windows or plates of glass.

The present inyention relateslio the ornamental character that is givento the hollow article that is ailixed to the surface of the window orplate of glass. in my present invention the article to be ftiilXOd tothe glass is made hollow and the hollow or concave side is filled withpieces of broken glass or prisms or pieces of ornamental1naterlals,either plain, SllV0-l(3(l, gll(l(3tl, or colored, and anadhesive material is employed for holding the pieces togeth rwitlun thehollow letter or ornament and. for causing such hollow letter orornament to adhere to the surface of the glass.

lly this improvement ornamental or artistic letters in great variety canbe produced or the glass ornamented by vines, scrolls, leaves, or otherdesigns, and the ornamental ellects and the colors employed are largelyunder the control of the artist, so that the desired effects can beproduced and in great varieties from simiiarcr standard hollow lettersor ornameuts that are filled in.

in the drawings I have represented in Figure 1 a portion oi' a plat-5 01glass with ornaments applied thereon, and in Fig. 2 a section of thesame in a magnified size.

'l. he plate of glass is illustrated at A, and a hollow letter isindicated at 1-5. At C a hollow leaf and stem are illustrated and at D ahollow circular article similar to a watch glass or crystal, and it willbe understood that the shapes employed are numerous and under thecontrol of the artist.

In all instances the edges of the hollow article are tocoincide with thesurface of the glass'te which they are to be attached. in other words,such edges are to be in a plane where the glass is ilat, or t-lieyare tobe on rt ed when the plate of glass is a section of a cyla'cter-sueh,for example, as pieces of broken colored glass, ornamental pieces ofmineral substanceaor pieces of material gilded or silvered--or foilorleaf metal maybeintrodueed on the inner surface of the letter or otherarticle previous to the filling material being introduced or in betweenthe layers of filling material, and an adhesive material-such as liquidgelatin glue, silicate of soda or varnish, or any mixture of suchsubstances-45 to be filled into the conical article to cause theparticles or pieces to adhere to the same and then to cause the articleto adhere to the glass, plate, or other surface to which the article isto be allixed, and care should be taken to allow the cementing materialsto dry, set, or harden suliiciently before the article is attached tothe surface. It will usually be advantageous to allow such cementingmaterials to harden or set and then apply an adhesive material to thesurface to cause the same to adhere to the plate of glass or othersurface. Otherwise there would not be sufficient opportunity for thedrying or setting of the adhesive materials made use of to cause theparticles to adhere to each other and within the letter or otherarticle.

' \Vhile this improvement is especially avail able with translucent ortransparent letters or other devices attached to the surface of thewindow or plate of glass, the improvement is available where the letteror ornament is transparent and concave for receiving the ornamentalmaterials to be seen through the transparent letter or other article,and in this case such ornaments may be applied to a wall or other opaquebacking.

I claim as my invention 1. As a new article of manufacture, a letter orornamental article hollow on the face side and with edges adapted tocoincide with the plate of glass to which it is to be attached and sucharticle filled in level with the edges I with ornamental pieces oi.glass or similar material and caused to adhere together and adapted tocoincide with a plate of glass or 10 to the hollow article by anattaching cement other surface to which the letter or ornament orvarnish, substantially as set forth. is to be attached, substantially asset forth. 2. As a new article of manufacture, a 1101- Signed by me this27th day of May, 1898.

low letter or ornament of transparent mate- 3 1 1 rial filled in withpieces of glass or other or- THEOI PB ISTILR' nainental'material andadhesive material for Witnesses:

holding such ornamental pieces in position, GEO. T. PINCKNEY,

the edges of the letter or ornament being S. '1. HAVILAND.

